Nonradiative decay dynamics of methyl-4-hydroxycinnamate and its hydrated complex revealed by picosecond pump-probe spectroscopy.
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The lifetimes of methyl 4-hydroxycinnamate (OMpCA) and its mono-hydrated complex (OMpCA-H(2)O) in the S(1) state have been measured by picosecond pump-probe spectroscopy in a supersonic beam. For OMpCA, the lifetime of the S(1)-S(0) origin is 8-9 ps. On the other hand, the lifetime of the OMpCA-H(2)O complex at the origin is 930 ps, which is ∼100 times longer than that of OMpCA. Furthermore, in the complex the S(1) lifetime shows rapid decrease at an energy of ∼200 cm(-1) above the origin and finally becomes as short as 9 ps at ∼500 cm(-1). Theoretical calculations with a symmetry-adapted cluster-configuration interaction (SAC-CI) method suggest that the observed lifetime behavior of the two species is described by nonradiative decay dynamics involving trans → cis isomerization. That is both OMpCA and OMpCA-H(2)O in the S(1) state decay due to the trans → cis isomerization, and the large difference of the lifetimes between them is due to the difference of the isomerization potential energy curve. In OMpCA, the trans → cis isomerization occurs smoothly without a barrier on the S(1) surface, while in the OMpCA-H(2)O complex, there exists a barrier along the isomerization coordinate. The calculated barrier height of OMpCA-H(2)O is in good agreement with that observed experimentally.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
دوره 14 25 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012